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1200Mhz CPU, 20GB Hdd (Windows XP Home) I've just installed another mobo,(it's a second-hand one, and I'm not sure if it's faulty or not) - Microstar MS-6368 ver:5, booted up and got this message: We apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start successfully. A recent hardware or software …

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OS is Windows 2000 The problem is that my IE has been very slow and even crashing the comp I've been using SpyBot for a while, but it can't delete some stuff in a file called CommonNames. I know nothing about the file, but I'm guessing it's the source of …

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I've been stupid and need rescuing! I've created a new login on one of our macs, but when I went to login with the new user and password, the desktop was completely empty - missing all of the programme icons, etc. Something's wrong, I figure. I work out that I …

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I just installed a fresh installation of XP , ive installed XP before but never had this problem . Every time I try to register XP it comes up with a blank page , How the hell am I supposed to register XP with just a white screen, now i …

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[url]http://users.erols.com/chare/elec.htm[/url] The url above list almost all of the processors made. Quite thorough I must say. I found this because I was interested in the amount of power that processors consume.

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I know this is a dumb question: Does the hard drive in Linux get fragmented like in Windows? If so does Linux have a defrag program or wilL I havve to donwload one.

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I am having a problem shutting down my computer. Whether I click on the Shutdown icon or the Restart icon, my computer restarts. My OS is Windows XP Professional. This problem started yesterday.

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Is there any way to turn the powersaver off completely? I have animated screensavers that I cannot use because after 30 minutes the powersaver turns the screen black and I can hear the screensaver but not see it. In addition, the powersaver has a 60 minute option which I cannot …

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I have the error "gstartup.ink" come up when windows loads. I searched for the error on google and this website came up. via another thread's advice, I ran the program HiJackThis which searched my browser for some spyware. I don't know if it found anything that isn't suppose to be …

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I am currently using Win XP Pro and my computer locks up after logging on to the Internet, Why?

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Hi there, I am going to help a friend soon upgrading their system to win2000 - and it currently has win98 on it. It probably has 1 hard drive, and they can't fdisk using tools like partition magic (the time period to purchase/get the software is too small). Anyway. My …

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In Internet Explorer, A friend of mine has accidentally clicked on the "do not ask me again for this type of file" check box in the window that says "save", "cancel" and "open" which first open when you click on a download, so now the window doesn't appear. Is there …

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[font=Century Gothic]Okay this is the problem I have been having:[/font] [font=Century Gothic]I recently had WindowsXP (service pack 1) installed on my computer[/font] [font=Century Gothic]I tried to then play a game on Pogo, told me, I needed to DL the JAVA, so went there, did the DL successfully, went back to …

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This happend to me tonight, I've followed the suggestions in here and ran [url="http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip"]http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip[/url] 1st, and this is my current HJT log.. I think I've cleared it up but I just want someone more in the know to make sure I didn't miss anything :) Thanks all! Logfile of HijackThis …

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Okay, simply put, I have no idea what I am doing here, and probably less business being here on this site. But, this is my issue: I am trying to update a free photo gallery page for my son and the damn thing keeps saying "this program has performed an …

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[b]Whenever I attempt to forward a message in my Yahoo email using Internet Explorer, the text disappears on the next page. This also happens when I use the 'spell check' option. However, when I use AOL as my browser (which I don't like doing), this does NOT happen. (I had …

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There are some websites that I know exist, but when i try to go to them I get a fun little message saying "this document contains no data" Haw du i ficks thiss?

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Okay, here is a good one.... I just finished building a custom PC over the weekend. Got all the hardware, BIOS, OS, and applications set up and did the updates. Oddly enough, Sunday Internet Explorer quit accessing the internet, as did Media Player. MSN explorer works fine, as does Mozilla. …

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Do not use the drivers that came with your card, go to [url]www.ati.com[/url] and download their latest catalyst drivers and such. Asus drivers seem to be out of date and cause many games to hang and freeze. I installed the ATI catalyst drivers instead of the Asus ones and never …

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Hey peepz, Im a new guy here and I have a problem... I have a (Packard Bell Club70 PC), its about 5 years old... it had Windows 98SE 63MB SD RAM Intel 82810 Chipset 20Gig HD... ive now upgraded it to Windows XP 256MB SD RAM 20gig + 30 gig …

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I'm trying to establish a video link with my son. We're both on ntl world broadband and have XP professional. Using netmeeting I can see him, he can't see me only my flower icon. I can't hear him but he can hear me. Any tips?

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Ok, With the help from people like you, I can, finally, put my virtual machine to run. Also, I've installed an Oracle 9i under Linux and the Discoverer tools on the virtual, under win2k. The schema is running fine and fast. Great!!! My next step is to use it from …

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i use my d: drive primarily for mp3s. is there a way to group the files on my d: drive by artist? The closest i have come is by grouping them by their first letter. My d: drive is all mp3's no folders nor do i want folders? is this …

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Ok i finally bought a 9600XT and new mobo and put it in, now on all my games the game either hangs or freezes making me restart my pc. Could this be because my pc is getting too warm because when I touch the case the case is pretty warm. …

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Hi, first time here, great site, hopefully you can help me with my problem and in the future I may be able to help as well..... I have Windows 98, for some reason I cant explain all of a sudden the setting in the Settings/Display box went to 640 x …

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Aargh - I just spent ages typing in a long and detailed description. And then I was told that I would have to log in, even though I was sure I was already logged in. Anyway. When installing Win2k Professional with Multi-Language and including Service Pack 2 from bootable CD-ROM …

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Whenever you enter the first letter of someplace you'd like to go in the Safari search window a dropdown list of places you've already been to pops up. Some sites I wish were not there. Is there anyway to turn this feature off.

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Ok I am planning to upgrade to a AMD 64 3200+ 1600Mhz FSB in a few months, I need a cpu that will allow me to run any 3D game,edit movies,Do office work,and do some minor to moderate photo editing and graphics editing,finally some animation. Will this cpu allow me …

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Alot of people are going to completely disagree with me but I'm I the only one who thinks overlocking is a waste of time? Now listen when I had a P3 600mhz & overlocked it to 800mhz that was cool. Now this is just from experience. Take a guy name …

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I've got a network of three pcs running, two pcs run just fine, internet and browsers. They are running on verizon dsl. The main pc had a bunch of spyware which I removed via spybot. I did this because I could get the main pc to connect to the net …

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hi i got two harddrives and i was wondering if i could install my games on my 2nd harddrive and would it work

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[url]http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-156-135&catalog=7&manufactory=BROWSE&depa=0&section=1[/url] Will a micro ATX mobo fit in this case? i know it will "fit" but will the screws line up and the mobo screw in? On the newegg site they say ATX or Baby ATX,but on other sites they say ATX or smaller, so im stumped

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I have a fairly new laptop (1 month old) HP Pavillion ZD7000-P4-3.06 w/Hyper-Threading. 768 MB PC2700-128 Nvidia GForce 5600go graphics card. Up until about a week ago when starting my computer it was fairly quick. Now all of a sudden it takes 2min.30sec.-2min.45 sec. to completely bootup. I don't even …

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[font=Century Gothic][size=7][size=3]Is there any way to configure a hotkey to power up the machine from the keyboard?[/size][/size][/font]

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I recently installed a new Asus P4T motherboard and pentium 2.66 ghz processor. Now, when I go to shut down my computer through windows xp, the computer shuts down, the monitor stops detecting a signal, but the fans on the motherboard do not power off and i can't be sure, …

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Ok , im getting a GeForce FX 5200 video card and it has a s-video output. I was thinking, with this card can I hook up my tv to be used has the pc monitor? I know that the text will be blury or something like that but I want …

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Please help me. I'm stuck. Any help will be appreciated. When I go to a web page, it partly loads and stops. When I click anywhere on the page, the hourglass comes up. It goes away when I put the cursor over the title bar and the only thing I …

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My power supply fan went out so the 3.3v would jump up to ~4v . So I bought a new 550watt from amamax.com (the cheap $17 one). I threw her in and she worked like a charm. I smelled some burning when I came home hte other day but my …

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I'm looking for a way to use a remote administration program (dameware maybe) that will be able to ack like the windows help in XP (meaning it can penitrate though a firewall). Does anyone know of any solution to this?

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recently i bought a wireless network card so i can connect my notebook and desktop together P2P. I am able to get a connection but thats where it ends. Cant share files, cant ping, cant do anything with eachother.. Ive sure ive installed everything properly since my notebook and desktop …

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I'm running XP w/Internet Explorer version 6.0. When I try to open my Outlook Express, I get the following message," Faulting application msimn.exe, version 6.0.2600.0, faulting module directdb.dll, version6.0.2600.0, fault address 0x0000af52 " Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

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[size=4][color=red]Hi All,[/color][/size] [size=4][color=red]I want to diagnose a windows 2000 debug file. i am copying the same over here. Can anyone let me know the reason why this make a server to restart and wht is the cause.[/color][/size] ---------------------------------------------------------------- [color=blue]Wednesday, November 12, 2003 9:33:59 PM scottec Loading Dump File [E:\Memory.dmp] Kernel …

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I have been having this problem recently with my internet explorer 6.0. I have no problems with viewing but whenever I go into an online forum , the messages mostly appear as so small that they are not readable. go to this site and look at the postings at the …

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i have an IBM Thinkpad T40 with an internal Intel NIC and a Linksys 802.11b router. I will have a connection for a few minutes and then it will be lost. Other people have had this same problem, but i didnt see a conclusive method for resolving the problem. Thanks.

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I have this problem: my computer is over a network and it can access some sites for other sites it tells me "Page can not be found" but when I open the same page on a different computer, it opens. What could be the problem. Its like it selects which …

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I just bought a 12" PB and want to move all my iTunes music across to it from my PC I have an ethernet cable and thats about it. I do have iDisk as well. Any help would be much appreciated. Running Panther and XP Pro Cable internet

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HI , i''m trying to get to my computer over the internet and i can't do it . I'm working with access remote pc 3.9 and i have a problem with my ip address because my ip addess is 192.168.1.97 and i can't get to this address over the internet …

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Well here i go again I'm sorry about posting this in the other places. Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 9:31:43 PM, on 1/12/2004 Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 (WinNT 5.00.2195) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: C:\WINNT\System32\smss.exe C:\WINNT\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINNT\system32\services.exe C:\WINNT\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINNT\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINNT\system32\LEXBCES.EXE C:\WINNT\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINNT\system32\LEXPPS.EXE C:\WINNT\System32\Ati2evxx.exe C:\Program Files\Symantec_Client_Security\Symantec …

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